Something I’ve struggled with for the past 10 years is swallowing food. I’m a slow eater, I often choke on bits of food but normally, I can get through a meal – albeit 20 minutes…
Chronic Illness
The Spoonie Diaries : Life with Crohn’s Disease with Louise Helen Hunt
Today’s Spoonie Diaries is being taken over by my fellow ostomate and friend Louise. She blogs about adventures with a chronic illness and is really open, honest and informative about life with a chronic illness….
The Spoonie Diaries : Life with Lupus by Jameisha Prescod
Jameisha created the fantastic chronic illness account @YouLookOkayToMe, a digital space for people living with a chronic illness. She also posts weekly videos and has a BRILLIANT YouTube channel. I’ve been following Jameisha for a…
Managing pre-hospital appointment anxiety
Anxiety is something I’ve struggled with for a very long time and health anxiety is what I struggle with most. Having health anxiety with a chronic illness is challenging because you’re never quite sure if…
Why is wellbeing so important with a chronic illness
Something I’m so passionate about is wellbeing. I bang on about it all the time because it’s been essential to my chronic illness management. I don’t know about you but sometimes when I hear the…
The Spoonie Diaries : Living with Sjogren’s Syndrom
Today’s Spoonie Diaries is being taken over by the lovely Jackie from @yougottaletmeknow. I think you’re going to enjoy todays post as Jackie has some brilliant advice for fellow spoonies! She’s also discussing an illness…
The Spoonie Diaries : hypermobile Ehlers Danlos Syndrome (hEDS) and Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS) With Jordan Renae
Our experiences of chronic illness are all so different, which is why I started this series. However, there are such common themes throughout. Something I’ve been noticing is how we all like to stay positive,…
The spoonie Diaries : Endometriosis & PCOS with Renee Dzandzo – Caesar
Renee is a POWERHOUSE. She’s currently studying law, is the CEO of ONE Holistic Boutique which focuses on the power of holistic healing and does all of this whilst living with endometriosis and PCOS. I…
A stoma isn’t a death sentence, but we need to change the narrative around them
Today, a judge ruled that a patient had the right to choose to die because he didn’t want to live with a permanent stoma. It is so sad that someone felt that this was the…
